Montreal woman dies after scarf gets caught in subway escalator

A Montreal woman has died after her scarf became caught in an escalator at a subway station.

“The woman’s scarf got caught in the escalator and then she bent down to try to get it out and her hair got stuck too,” Constable Jean-Pierre Brabant told the Montreal Gazette. “A bystander called 911 and by the time police arrived, she was declared dead.”

She died around 9:15 in the morning.

Gruesome: woman dies at Fabre metro station when her scarf then hair got caught in the escalator. @mtlgazette chasing this sad story.